Ptilophora plumigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Notodontidae → subfamily Notodontinae → tribe Notodontini → genus Ptilophora → species Ptilophora plumigera

Species name(s)

Ptilophora plumigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Bombyx plumigera Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Phalaena variegata Villers, 1789 = cartolarii Wolfsberger, 1961 = variabilis Hartig, 1968 = mirabilis Hentscholek, 1976. [9, 10]

Plumed Prominent.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Forewing length

18—20 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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Larva lifespan

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden , Estonia. [1].
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), Poland , Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic,Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Mid-Volzhsky. [3].
Ареал: Европа, чаще в южной части. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Длина переднего крыла 2 см, светло-коричневая окраска (вид довольно изменчив, могут встречаться и более светлые, и почти черные экземпляры) и выступающие темные жилки. Сильно гребенчатые усики у самцов. [85].

General info about Imago

Перистоусые хохлатки летают в сухих смешанных лесах, на полянах, встречаются и в парках. [85].

Imago lifespan

Бабочки начинают летать необычно поздно, в октябре—ноябре. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Acer campestre, Salix, Betula, Prunus, Fagus. [28].
Различные виды клена. [85].

Larva lifespan

Гусеница живет с мая по июнь. [85].

Overwintering stage

Зимуют яйца, которые откладываются в ноябре. [85].

Subspecies of Ptilophora plumigera

Ptilophora plumigera cartolarii Wolfsberger, 1961. [187]
P. p. mirabilis Hentscholek, 1976. [187]
P. p. variabilis Hartig, 1968. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org